“I’m a reader!” These are magic words for Alvin Irby, a former teacher and the founder and executive director of...
Elected leaders tend to shun compromise during campaign season, and these days it feels like we’re always in campaign season....
Though it’s been decades since I’ve read it, I’m certain I could come out of a deep sleep and, if...
Other Countries Have Social Safety Nets: The U.S. Has Women
Q+A with author Jessica Calarco on her new book, “Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net”
Jessica Calarco is onto something. There’s a reason why women in this country feel that so much pressure rests on...
The 92-year-old artist Duane Michals might not seem like an obvious figure to feature in a magazine about early learning. However, his understanding of the world and the many-splendored nature of his work from the past 60 years or more should inspire anyone attempting to see the world through the eyes of a child.
The United Nations has declared June 11 to be the first annual International Day of Play, calling it “a unifying...
I wrote last year about the strange schism between early child care and school-aged child care, and I don’t want to belabor the point other than to say parents of school-aged children represent a shockingly untapped care constituency. Instead, I want to talk about summer care, and summer camp specifically.
While Helen Russell’s clever, well-researched exploration of the parenting culture of Denmark and other Nordic countries might not fully map onto the experience of most families in the U.S. or U.K. (Russell’s original home), it offers refreshing insights that can help parents relax a bit, give themselves heaps of grace and have much more fun raising their family.
Early Education Is the Most Segregated Learning Space
How Researchers Casey Stockstill and Halley Potter Hope to Change That
It’s been 70 years since the Supreme Court’s pivotal Brown vs. Board of Education ruling that racially segregated schools are...
In the midst of my search for a new child care provider for my one-year-old, I’ve braced myself for the...
Pumping the Brakes on Private Equity’s Run on Child Care
New Report by the National Women’s Law Center and Open Markets Institute
Rebecca Slaughter has a simple explanation for how private equity affects our economy: “When markets are competitively healthy, they have...
A recent column by the popular center-left writer Matt Yglesias reinforced for me yet again why we need a different foundation for our care arguments.
